{"id":399698,"date":"2026-01-10T03:33:26","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T03:33:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/399698\/"},"modified":"2026-01-10T03:33:26","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T03:33:26","slug":"azzi-fudd-weighs-in-on-paige-bueckers-personal-appearance-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/399698\/","title":{"rendered":"Azzi Fudd Weighs In on Paige Bueckers\u2019 Personal Appearance Change"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"53\">One of the biggest storylines during the last WNBA offseason was the work that Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark put in the weight room to prepare for her 2025 season. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"56\">Clark was pushed around a lot and otherwise subject to much physical play during her rookie campaign with Indiana. While this didn&#8217;t keep her from breaking records and winning the 2024 WNBA Rookie of the Year Award, her having to handle this constant physicality didn&#8217;t seem sustainable with her current frame.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"59\">Therefore, she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/onsi\/womens-fastbreak\/news\/caitlin-clark-s-physical-appearance-flex-at-wnba-all-star-event-goes-viral-01k0gd5gs27f\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">focused on adding muscle<\/a> in the weight room in the offseason, which resulted in a clear change in her physical appearance, especially regarding her arms, which<a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/onsi\/womens-fastbreak\/news\/caitlin-clark-s-physical-appearance-shift-shown-in-eye-catching-espn-graphic-01jtej96j4v6\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> fans were quick to take note<\/a> of. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5c\">Dallas Wings star Paige Bueckers found herself in a similar situation as a rookie. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/01kehzjaryh5d3dbkh4t.jpg\" alt=\"Dallas Wings guard Paige Bueckers (5) looks on during a September 11, 2025 game\" title=\"Dallas Wings guard Paige Bueckers (5) looks on during a September 11, 2025 game\" width=\"8256\" height=\"4644\" class=\"undefined w-full w-full blur-[5px]\" q:id=\"5l\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Sep 11, 2025; Arlington, Texas, USA; Dallas Wings guard Paige Bueckers (5) looks on during the second half against the Phoenix Mercury at College Park Center. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-Imagn Images | Jerome Miron-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5p\">Bueckers had a first great season of professional basketball, but was subject to similar physical play as Clark. And like the Fever star, Bueckers took this as proof she needed to prioritize the weight room. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5s\">Bueckers made this clear when speaking with media at Unrivaled earlier this week, saying, &#8220;For me, getting in the weight room this offseason and having a healthy offseason where I could grind and get better&#8230; I think it definitely helps with this Unrivaled league and just how physical it is,&#8221; per an Instagram post from @espnw. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5v\">And Bueckers&#8217; focus on the weight room has been made apparent, as photos of her larger, more muscular arms are circulating on social media. <\/p>\n<p>Azzi Fudd addresses Paige Bueckers&#8217; change in personal appearance<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-11\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"65\">UConn Huskies star Azzi Fudd (who is in a relationship with Bueckers) spoke with Husky Bytes after her team&#8217;s 88-43 win over St. John&#8217;s on January 7, and was asked, &#8220;Have you noticed Paige has been in the weight room? Her arms, man, she&#8217;s jacked!&#8221; <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-12\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"68\">&#8220;She definitely has been hitting the weight room,&#8221; Fudd responded with a laugh, per an X post from @sacbabi. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-13\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6b\">The person Fudd was speaking to noted how Paige has been looking like a different person of late, and Fudd said, &#8220;She does! It has been really amazing to see her take that seriously. She always has, but to see an actual difference, it has been great. And you can see the difference on the court, too.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;have you noticed Paige has been in the weight room?\u201d azzi saying that she definitely is hitting the weight room and we can see the difference on the court \ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zujDuJBO90\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/zujDuJBO90<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 barbra version (@sacbabi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sacbabi\/status\/2009361995154239698?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">January 8, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-15\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6h\">Fudd will be joining Bueckers in the WNBA later this year (so long as a CBA is ratified and there&#8217;s actually a season), which means she should prepare for similar physical treatment.<\/p>\n<p>Recommended Reading:<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One of the biggest storylines during the last WNBA offseason was the work that Indiana Fever star Caitlin&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":399699,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[49,48,82,630],"class_list":["post-399698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399698","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=399698"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399698\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/399699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=399698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=399698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=399698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}